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Applauded as ‚Äėone of the best tax teams in Greece‚Äô, Dryllerakis & Associates‚Äô expertise spans tax planning, litigation, accounting law, transfer pricing and criminal law. Led by Sophia Grigoriadou, who has ‚Äėin-depth and hands-on knowledge‚Äô, the team is instructed by clients such as Beiersdorf Hellas, Eurobank, Kaoil and Henkel Hellas. John Dryllerakis is ‚Äėone of a kind‚Äô and ‚Äėhis experience is unique‚Äô, and Voula Anargyrou is noted for tax matters in the real estate sector.

Iason Skouzos & Partners has ‚Äėexcellent communication‚Äô skills and adopts a ‚Äėpractical‚Äô approach. The team acts for corporates ‚Äď such as Nokia Solutions and Networks and Greentube ‚Äďand individuals. Theodoros Skouzos has ‚Äėdeep knowledge of the law‚Äô and ‚Äėan international outlook‚Äô.

The ‚Äėclient-oriented‚Äô team at Stavropoulos & Partners has ‚Äėan excellent reputation‚Äô and advises on direct and indirect tax matters. It advised the Greek subsidiary of a US multinational in the insurance sector during a tax case. Ioannis Stavropoulos ‚Äėanticipates business needs and works to address them‚Äô.

The ‚Äėbrilliant‚Äô Aspasia Malliou heads the team at PotamitisVekris Law Firm, which advises Citibank International on tax issues, and Bank of Cyprus & Cyprus Leasing on tax issues and administrative procedures. Other clients include British Airways and Qatar Airways. The team also delivers tax advice to individuals.

The ‚Äėexcellent‚Äô department at Sarantitis advises on a range of tax planning matters and tax disputes. It is also well versed in customs regimes and procedures. Gregory Vlachos is the department head.

Kelemenis & Co is advising Youtravel.com on a contentious tax matter. Chevron Marine and General Electric are also clients. Senior associate Eleni Pitsa is noted.

Machas & Partners Law Firm advised the Greek IPTO on the tax aspects of the set-up of a joint venture in Greece. Tom Kyriakopoulos demonstrates ‚Äėcommitment to his clients‚Äô, and Petros Machas leads advice for private clients. Associate Kostas Thomopoulos is also noted.

The ‚Äėimpressive‚Äô department at Nikolinakos ‚Äď Lardas & Partners LLP ‚Äėhas substantial experience and profound expertise‚Äô. It recently welcomed the ‚Äėexceptionally savvy‚Äô Andreas Tsourouflis as team head in 2016. Facebook, Intrasoft and Textum Digital Group are clients.

Team head Martha Papasotiriou is ‚Äėvery experienced‚Äô, and recently joined Pistiolis - Triantafyllos & Associates from KPMG. The team advised Encode on the transfer pricing aspects of its expansion into the Middle East. Consultant Nikolaos Siakantaris is also noted.

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Government of Albania has issued the final version of the draft law on Value
Added Tax. According to the Minister of Finance, once approved by the
Parliament, the new VAT law is expected to enter into force on January 1, 2015
and replace the current law on VAT, as well as all respective regulations. The draft law has been prepared with the support of the European Union,
setting as its principal aim to harmonize legislation on VAT with the acquis
communautaire , in compliance with the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement.

In Galaktoviomichania Larisis AE v I Kesioglou & Sia
OE (Opposition No B 2 107 822,
December 18 2013), the Opposition Division of the Office for Harmonisation in
the Internal Market has upheld in part an opposition against the registration
of the trademark OLYMPOS FOODS-OLYMPOS COMMODITIESOLYMPOS MEDITERRANIAN-OLYMPOS
ORGANICS-K&K FINANCE.

The
special IP law chamber of the Athens Multi-Member Court of First Instance has
issued its decision in a case involving the famous 'Vara' buckle device, an
internationally renowned symbol that has been closely associated with shoe
designer Salvatore Ferragamo for more than 30 years.

Over the last six years, Greece has been under an austerity
restructuring and adjustment programme, receiving extended support from
European financial institutions and international creditors, in an attempt to
tackle its structural weaknesses, overly high deficits and incessant market
stagnation.

Lately, domestic and international
financial and corporate players are looking closely on the Athens Exchange
seeking for safe yet high return investment opportunities in Greece and the
wider South East Europe through takeover bids on securities of companies
established in Greece and listed on the local exchange with significant
presence in the
wider region. It is common knowledge that M&As consist the most transparent and
efficient way to gain control of the desired "target" company, following a
public offer on all or a part of the target's capital. However, this does not
seem to be their unique advantage in Greek legal order. The speed of their
conclusion, with an average duration of two months, allows the investor to
begin with his businesses without considerable waste of time and resources. As
of this, he is in position to choose a board of his own preference almost the
very following day of the expiry of the public offer's time and to focus on
what he primarily intended and is good at - making business.

As of 1 st ¬† February 2014, both Criminal and Criminal Procedure
Codes were implemented, replacing regulations that have been in force since
1968, drafted at a time when the political status
quo in Romania not only discouraged but even forbade private initiative.

The
Government of Albania has issued the final version of the draft law on Value
Added Tax. According to the Minister of Finance, once approved by the
Parliament, the new VAT law is expected to enter into force on January 1, 2015
and replace the current law on VAT, as well as all respective regulations. The draft law has been prepared with the support of the European Union,
setting as its principal aim to harmonize legislation on VAT with the acquis
communautaire , in compliance with the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement.

There were published the results of the annual ranking ‚ÄúPravo.ru-300‚ÄĚ according to which VEGAS LEX became a leader in the areas of Commercial Real Estate / Construction and PPP and gained recognition in other areas of law.

If an employee violates obligations set forth in his employment contract, he may then be issued with notice of dismissal on grounds of conduct. That being said, the notice needs to well prepared if it is to be effective.

On 30
November 2017, AON Schweiz AG, a leading global service provider for risk
management, insurance and reinsurance brokers as well as adviser on human
resources, has acquired 100% of the shareholding in Unidelta AG, an all-branch
insurance broker based in Rapperswil, Switzerland. Unidelta is specialized in
risk management and has particular designed services in personal injury
management.

VEGAS LEX discusses the recovery of damages when considering the cases over insurance in the court
Victor Petrov, Head of Litigation practice, told about the practice of consideration of disputes arising from insurance agreements and the ways of recovery of damages in these disputes at a round-table meeting on the topic ‚ÄúInsurance disputes and claims settlement: experience, trends and current practice‚ÄĚ.

OTS Solicitors has been ranked highly by the Legal 500, and we have won numerous other awards for our¬† immigration ¬†services (including a Global Excellence Award for the Most Trusted in¬† Immigration Law ).¬† OTS recently had an extraordinary success with an Adult Dependent Relative Visa being granted for the elderly relatives of a client.

GetYourGuide, the leading online marketplace for travel activities, announced a USD 75 million series D financing round led by Battery Ventures. The company‚Äôs existing investors KKR, Spark Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Nokia Growth and Sunstone Capital joined Battery in its investment.

The owners of AWK Group AG sold the company to
Deutsche Private Equity GmbH, an independent German investment company. AWK
Group is one of the largest independent Swiss consulting firms for information
technology and digitalization.